Bottle.



No. 770,801. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904. s. E. GEORGE & J. R. NORRIS.

BOTTLE.

APPLIOATIQNI FILED 00w. 12, 1903.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. GEORGE AND JOSEPH R. NORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,801, dated September 27, 1904.

Application filed October 12, 1903. Serial No. 176,618. (No model.) i

To all whom, it nutg concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL E. GEORG and J OSEPH R. NoRRIs, citizens of the United States, and residents of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles; and its object is to enable a bottle to be filled with the desired liquid, but after the bottle has been emptied to prevent the refilling of the same. I

To this end the invention consists of the improved bottle having the general construction and mode of operation substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a bottle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the bottle tipped downward. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a modification, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of another modification.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the neck of a bottle, of which E is the body portion, shown broken away. In this instance the neck A tapers inwardly toward the body portion and is provided with shoulders C, forming a seat for the guard D, which may be of any suitable construction, in this instance being shown as a glass stopper having a tortuous passage therethrough. The tapering of the neckA aids in maintaining the corks E in position in the neck.

The corks or stoppers E are each provided with an aperture in which are preferably ar,

ranged the glass sleeves F, having the shoulders Gr extending outwardly around the edges of the apertures in the corks. In each of the figures flat disk-valves H are arranged over the corks E and on top of the glass sleeves F, resting squarely thereon. These disk valves H may be of any suitable material; but they are preferably of mica or isinglass and made very thin, because it has been found that between mica and glass when wet there is a very strong adhesion which aids very materially in preventing the refilling of the bottle from the outside by liquid under pressure.

In each of the figures the lower valve H is provided with a weight I, suitably suspended from the valve by means of the staple J, having a screw-threaded end provided with a nut K. The weight I is provided with the shoulders L, which afford provision for the outlet of the liquid in the bottle.

One of our improvements relates to the construction and arrangement of the lower valve. It is very desirable to prevent said lower valve H from touching the sides of the neck of a bottle when the bottle is tipped into the position shown in Fig. 2, and it is also desirable to center said valve in order that it may quickly close. As shown in all of the figures, a sleeve O, preferably of glass, is secured over the shank of the staple J beneath the disk H, the diameter of said sleeve O being somewhat less than the diameter of the aperture in the glass sleeve F. According to this construction it will be seen that when the bottle is tipped into the position shown in Fig. 2 the sleeve 0 will bear upon the inner edge of the sleeve F, and when the parts are properly proportioned the valveH will be prevented from touching the sides of the neck of the bottle, and when the bottle is turned into an upright position again the valve will snap closed very quickly. If the valve is permitted to touch the sides of the bottle, it is apt to stick and not close promptly.

In Fig. 1 a glass sleeve P, having a cork Q secured therein, is shown resting upon the upper valve H, but not connected thereto. In Fig. 2 the cork Q and valve H are shown falling away from the stopper E. The pressure of the liquid within the bottle'in escaping tends to force the valve H away from its seat, while the adhesion between the mica disk H and the glass sleeve P further tends to pull the valve away from its seat. On the other hand, when it is attempted to fill the bottle the cork Q floats upward and forces the valve H into its seat. If the neck of the bottle is submerged in a downwardly-inclined position, the cork Q immediately floats upwardly and closes the valve H, and the same I the cork upon the valve.

thing happens if it is attempted to force liquid upwardly through the neck of the bottle. When the compartment in which the cork Q is contained becomes filled with water, this cork of course floats upward.

In Fig. 3 a cork R is secured to the valve H, while the glass sleeve S is loose around The guard D is provided with a projection T, and when the bottle is tipped into the position shown in Fig.

2 the adhesion between the valve H and glass sleeve S tends to pull the valve away from its seat, and then in order to separate the sleeve and the valve a projection T is provided to push the cork R and the valve away from the sleeve. The cork R always tends to float upward and close the valve when the water is forced into the neck.

In Fig. 4 a single disk valve H is provided for the uppercork without any other cooperating parts, and this very simple construction has been found to operate efliciently and well. There is sufficient adhesion between the glass sleeve F and the disk H to maintain the valve firmly seated.

Obviously some features of this invention may be used without others, and the invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms.

Therefore without limiting ourselves to the construction shown and described nor enumerating equivalents, We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, the following:

1. The combination with a bottle, of a stopper provided with an aperture, a valve in the form of a fiat disk arranged over said aperture, a weight loosely connected thereto,and a sleeve arranged between the weight and the valve, for bearing against the inner edge of the aperture in the stopper to center the valve and .preventit from touchingthe sides of the bottle, for substantially the purposes set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle, of stoppers each provided with an aperture, independent outwardly opening valves in the form of flat disks arranged over said apertures, the inner one of said valves having provision tle is in a substantially horizontal or upwardlyinclined position, the outer one of said valves having a piece of cork connected thereto, a sleeve surrounding said cork separate from the bottle, the construction of the outer valve and appurtenances being such that when the bottle is tipped into a downwardly-inclined position, the sleeve acts to unseat the valve by adhesion, for substantially the purposes set forth.

3. The combination with a bottle, of stoppers each provided with an aperture, independent outwardly-opening valves in the form of flat disks arranged over said apertures, the inner one of said valves having a weight loosely having a piece of cork connected thereto, a sleeve surrounding said cork separate from the valve and cork, and a guard in the neck of the bottle provided with a projection adapted to cooperate with the valve and cork connected thereto, whereby when the bottle is tipped into a downwardly-inclined position the sleeve acts to unseat the valve by adhesion,-while the projection on the guard separates the valve from the sleeve after the valve is open, for substantially the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof We have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. GEORGE. JOSEPH R. NORRIS.

Witnesses:

H. G. OGDEN, Jr., E. N. RoBINsoN.

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